No, it doesn't.
It signals that the jury was dumb enough to believe Cryer's idiotic (he's a lawyer) "I really, really didn't know I had to file" baloney, since his was a "Cheek" defense against willfulness.
Cryer's problem is that he's now on notice that he has to file. The "Cheek" defense only works once (sometimes.) His current goofy lawsuit will fail in its entirety, IRS agents are permitted to disclose information that is necessary to further their investigations.
Cryer is probably on his way to being disbarred, but is no doubt a hero to the TP-types here. With any luck, he will soon join Schiff, Meredith, Simkanin and the rest of the TP losers in federal prison.
And, no, I don't work for the IRS. I think the tax system needs radical change, but in the meantime the law is the law.
And, just so it’s not forgotten, people who beat criminal charges using a “Cheek” defense (I really, really didn’t think I had to file a return) still owe every single penny of tax, penalty and interest.
Just ask Cryer, Kuglin and Long, the only 3 people I can recall who asserted that they were really that stupid and won their criminal case.
Kuglin’s wages are being garnished to this day to pay her liability. Like I said, “Cheek” only works once and it only has the possibility of keeping you out of prison. You still have to pay the tax, penalty and interest and your criminal lawyer.
Which information and to whom?
... but in the meantime the law is the law.
So was slave ownership.
Which information and to whom?
... but in the meantime the law is the law.
So was slave ownership.